People v. Beckford
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
After renting his basement apartment to the complainant for approximately four months, the defendant informed the complainant that he would have one week to move out. The following night, however, the complainant returned to the defendant’s house to find his belongings in the driveway. After the complainant knocked and, at times banged, on the defendant’s door for approximately 10 minutes, the defendant opened the door and lunged at the complainant with a machete, striking him four times. The jury convicted the defendant of assault in the second degree (see Eenal Law § 120.05 [2]) as a lesser-*548…
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